Joe Buck has become one of the more renowned sports broadcasters of this generation — known for providing play-by-play for two of the biggest spectacles in the world: The Super Bowl and World Series.
Few, however, know how much Buck makes annually and his net worth.
What Is Joe Buck’s Net Worth?
According to the website celebritynetworth.com, Buck has a net worth of $35 million.
With that salary, Buck now makes $12.5 million annually — all thanks to the blockbuster deal he signed with ESPN and ABC one year ago.
However, Buck could be seeing a bump in pay from both. Per Andrew Marchand of the New York Post in March 2022, Buck’s ESPN deal could be between $60-$75 million for five years.
Buck’s decision to join ESPN’s Monday Night Football team and be joined by longtime partner Troy Aikman became one of the more widely publicized broadcasting moves since 1994 — when Buck’s former network lured away Pat Summerall and John Madden.
How Long Has Buck Been in Broadcasting?
NFL and MLB fans know about Buck’s previous work with FOX.
Following the retirement of Summerall and FOX not renewing Madden’s contract, allowing him to join MNF, Buck became the lead analyst for FOX during a time when it was he, Aikman, and Cris Collinsworth.
Then, when Collinsworth joined NBC Sports’ coverage of the NFL in 2006, Buck and Aikman went on to take the mantle of top NFL broadcasting analysts for FOX’s NFL coverage.
Before FOX, Buck got to learn from another prominent broadcaster: Jack Buck, his father. The elder Buck is best known for his NFL work with CBS and ABC during a time when the latter network broadcasted AFL contests. But, his more renowned work that Buck got to see was Jack Buck serving as play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals.
The younger Buck got the chance to get his start through the Louisville Redbirds, a minor league affiliate of the Cardinals and the team that gave him his first play-by-play opportunity. Buck then reported on the Cardinals through the St. Louis CBS affiliate KMOV.
Buck helped form a rare baseball father-son duo by covering the Cardinals through FOX Sports Net Midwest.
At age 25, Buck was hired by FOX in 1994 in what became, at the time, the youngest broadcaster ever to be a play-by-play announcer.
Is Buck Heavily Criticized?
While Buck has had a decorated career for nearly three decades, he’s often been the target of critics.
The reason: Buck has been accused of showing his bias toward teams while also getting critiqued for showing little enthusiasm for pivotal plays.
One regarding the latter: He was in the booth with Aikman for the David Tyree catch that eventually helped lift the New York Giants to the Super Bowl 42 upset over a previously 18-0 New England Patriots team. Buck defended his call during an appearance on the “ManningCast” in 2021.
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Buck was additionally ripped for criticizing Randy Moss in a playoff touchdown celebration against the Green Bay Packers in 2005 when the former Minnesota Vikings wide receiver mimicked mooning the crowd — which got Buck to call it a “disgusting act” by Moss.
However, it was revealed that Packer fans have had a history of mooning the Viking players as they board their team bus and have done this to other opposing teams at Lambeau Field. Buck and Moss eventually became FOX co-workers. Buck, during a 2014 preseason contest, apologized to Moss for those comments as both men reconciled.
Through the criticism, Buck is one of the few current analysts alongside Al Michaels to have called both a Super Bowl and World Series.